Hello everyone!
i can't figure these word problems!
this is not graded or anything, my pre-calc teacher handed htem out so we can pratice but he didn't give us the solutions or anything to show us how to od htem if we don't understand. SO i was wondering if any of u would like to take a "whack" at it, and show ur work so i can see how it was done it would be great. Thanks for your time. Here are some of them.....
Oh and if u care to share ur thinking techniques that would be helpful also so i can devlope better problem solving skills.
Code:The sum of the lenghts of the three sides of a right triangle is 18 units. The sum of the squares of the lengths of the three sides is 128 units. What is the area of the triangle? answers: A. 5 B. 8 C. 9 D. 18 E. 32Code:If the Product 3/2 x 4/3 x 5/4 x 6/5. ....a/b = 9 what is the sum of a and b? answers: A. 11 B. 13 C. 17 D. 35 E. 37Code:The sum of the positive square roots of two numbers is 5. The two numbers also differ by 5. Waht is the smaller of the two numbers? answers: A. 0 B. 1 C. 4 D. 5 E. 9
Code:The positive interger 4 can be represented as a sum of 1's or 2's in five ways. They are: 1+1+1+1, 1+1+2, 1+2+1, 2+1+1, and 2+2. In how many ways can the postive integer 5 be represnted as a sum of 1's or 2's? answers: A. 6 B. 7 C. 8 D. 9 E. 10
Code:A cicular target with radius of 12 inches is to have a cicular bull's-eye painkted in teh center, so that the area of bull's eye is 1% of the total area of the target. What should the radius of the bull's-eye be in inches? answers: A. 0.12 B. 1.2 C. 1/sqr(pie) D. 12/sqr(145) E. 0.0
Code:A two-inch cube (2x2x2) of silver weights 3 pounds and is worth $200. How much is a trhee-inch cube of silver worth? answers: A. $300 B. 375 C. 450 D. 560 E. 675
Code:Given that 2/3 of the members of a committee uses 3/4 of the charis in a room, what is the least possible number of members on the committee? answers: A. 3 B. 6 C. 9 D. 12 E. 15
Code:All the even numbers from 2 to 98 inclusive, except those ending in 0, are multiplied together. What is the rightmost digit, that is, the untis digit, of the product? answers: A. 0 B. 2 C. 4 D. 6 E. 8
Thanks for your time.
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